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corbel
Object Type
corbel
Museum number
140430
Description
Clay miniature corbel in the form of a hand of Ishtar: inscribed in cuneiform, with the characters partly filled by bitumen.
Authority
Ruler:
Ashurnasirpal II
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Production date
875BC-865BC
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Nimrud
, N D 634
Materials
clay
bitumen
Technique
pigmented
Dimensions
Length:
21.50 centimetres
Thickness:
5 centimetres
Width:
9.52 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
royal
Curator's comments
Bibliography: G. Frame, Assyrian Clay Hands, ‘Baghdader Mitteilungen’ 22 (1991), 369, no. 74.
Bibliographic references
Curtis & Reade 1994a / Tesoros de asiria en el Museo Britanico: Arte e Imperio
(55)
Curtis & Reade 1995a / Art and empire: treasures from Assyria in the British Museum
(55)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2008-2009 21 Sept-4 Jan, Boston, MFA, 'Art and Empire' 2007 2 Apr-30 Sept, Alicante, MARQ Museum, 'Art and Empire' 2006 1 Jul-7 Oct, Shanghai Museum, 'Art and Empire'
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Ashurnasirpal II
Named in inscription:
Ninurta
Representation of:
Ishtar
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Temple of Ninurta
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
British School of Archaeology, Iraq
Division of Finds:
Department of Antiquities of Iraq
Acquisition date
1987
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
140430
Registration number
1987,0131.103
Additional IDs
Excavation/small finds number:
ND.634
(excavation number)